The amygdala is a part of the brain that is involved in emotional processing, memory formation, and fear responses. It is located in the temporal lobe, near the hippocampus. The amygdala consists of two almond-shaped clusters of neurons that receive inputs from various sensory modalities and send outputs to different brain regions. The amygdala plays a key role in regulating emotions such as anger, anxiety, happiness, and sadness.
Binary Therapies – Finding the Rainbow in the Black and the white
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a recently introduced therapy which has shown very good results, but has had a number of criticisms based on our lack of understanding as to exactly how it works.